So Many Posts….So Little Time….

It feels SO good to be back and I am SOOOO glad I am out of the hospital, but this week has made me realize that I am far from 100%  There are SOOOO many things that I would love to blog right now, but it seems like I just cannot get things moving as quickly as I would like. ...

Good to be Back!

I just spent almost 2 weeks in the hospital. It was horrible. I hope I never have to do that again. I have spent the last week or so seeing different docs and adjusting meds. It has been NO fun. The whole time I just wanted to feel good enough to blog. SO....now I do...and I have been thinking and ...

Midnight Rant 07: Copyright

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/embed/G64m3-PFkwI[/youtube] (Note this was recorded about a month ago and I didn't get around to publish it at the time. Also, I was scared.) Links: TGIB on Kiva TGIB on Kickstarter TGGrid Neb's Racer Kit Neb's Death Race  

5 things to pay before the money runs out

I've been quiet the past two months, which is mainly attributed to a much-needed holiday vacation and subsequent stressful getting-back-into-work period. All this is complicated by the fact that El's currently staying in the hospital, but hopefully will be out again sometime this week. Anyway, as you can imagine, there wasn't much time to do anything productive, so I don't ...

Kandy and Victory Modan

For those of you that have followed my blog for very long at all, you will know that I model hair for Ali & Alli.  This CUTE little updo is one of their newest releases aptly named Kandy.  When Alice gave us the hair she simply asked for "something sweet" . . .and I can see why.  I LOVE the ...

3 of a Kind – Jeans

A few weeks ago, as I was looking through the feeds and flickr photostreams I came across a pic of an avi . . .just a simple pick.  The picture showed an avi in casual clothes, various poses but all together and I had a thought . . .perhaps I should start a category in my blog where I shot ...

Siss Boom, Eclectica and R2 Fashion

I was going to do a Q&D for this post . . .I PROLLY should have done a Q&D (Quick and Dirty) for this post, but I once again became so enamored with it once it was done, that I just HAD to talk about it a little.  There are SO many things about it that are SO pretty. It has ...

Midnight Rant 06: The Hypergrid

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arblVyxn0qQ[/youtube]   Links: Interview with Justin Clark-Casey Hypergrid Business - The Hypergrid is a social web Chuck Prophet on Archive.org Douglas Coupland and William Gibson on the KWLS William Gibson in Second Life (Part 1 | Part 2) Jeremy Bailenson on Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life and New Worlds Aloha

Ever an’ Angel

Don't you hate it when people aren't nice? Sometimes I wonder. Sometimes it seems like some people just want to be hateful and don't give two squats about what others want or need, or what is right or wrong. They live on the “me” level. And I find that SO disconcerting. It is NOT that I have never “visited” that ...

The Missing Image 04 – Meeting Justin Clark-Casey

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJNWidQrgf8[/youtube] Links: Open Simulator Overte Foundation Justin Clark-Casey's Master's Dissertation on Internet-Scale Virtual Environment Architectures Hypergrid Unity 3D Second Life Experimental teleport between Second Life and OpenSim Diva Distro Kitely OpenSim Creations Topics: 1:30 How do you become an OpenSim core developer? 8:00 Can OpenSim become the "3D web"? 14:00 Does OpenSim need asset security? 24:00 Does OpenSim need feature parity with Second Life? 31:30 How do you decide which features are in OpenSim core? 37:30 The state ...

Donna Flora A to Z C is for Cerry

   Several years ago, when I was just a little bitty avi, I stumbled upon a shop named Donna Flora.  I still do not remember how I found it.  It was probably through one of the numerous groups that I am a part of...always looking for a bargain.  But I remember looking around and thinking that I had found THE ...

Midnight Rant 05: OpenSim and Unity 3D

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/embed/JnUPx0dF5h8[/youtube] Links: Archive 3D Blenderswap Pathfinder's Virtual World Presentation Lag in Second Life and OpenSim and how to deal with it

Stories Articles

category Ramblings, Stories

The Architect and the Sleep Part 2: Beginning…Again

by El | 0 » | Aug6 11
It was those last few moments before consciousness, no more than a few seconds. She could feel herself wanting to move and yet a cacophony of images floated through her head at impossible speed. She could feel them, hear them, smell them....all fleeting glimpses...animals, at least she thought they were animals running in the fields, the smell of fresh bread, ...
category Stories

Forever on a hillside – Part I

by V | 0 » | May27 11
"What will we do when the world ends tomorrow?" she asked, leaning against the last orange rays of sunlight, as they slid across rooftops. She stood close to the edge of the roof, hands on her curvy hips, her dress and hair blowing softly in a warm July wind as she gazed far across the city, the hills, the distance, ...
category Stories

Residents

by V | 0 » | Jan17 11
It is strange to find human beings in this place, but we did. Today, I made contact with a group of them, and they seem friendly at first. They have strange customs, and a very peculiar language, but not only do they inhabit this place and mastered its environment, they also seem to have been here for a long time. ...
category Stories

The great unknown

by V | 1 » | Dec25 10
The seriath traversed the skies above the port, following elaborate flight patterns. Nearly invisible from below, their position could only be hinted at by their occasional yell, and the splashing of water when one made a catch. Inside the tavern, their screams were only a distant memory, drowning in a sea of voices, as travellers and seamen from all over ...
category Stories

The tank that saves prims

by V | 0 » | May11 10
The Tank That Saves Prims Okay, this is top secret, so you didn't hear this from me, right? But there's a tank. I mean, not that thing you invade dusty deserts with, but something like a fish tank, and what's special about it is, that it'll save prims! So like every object you rezz in it and keep in it will ...
category Stories

the shot in the dark

by V | 0 » | Apr1 10
category Stories

The Embargo – Part I

by V | 0 » | Mar3 10
The Embargo Pt 1 Sails danced on the horizon. White like gull feathers, they lined the horizon. They were four galleons, with an occasional merchantman to supply them. The lone figure that stood atop the small ridge overlooking the bay turned and looked down at the port for a while, where a few merchantmen lay wary with their sails shortened, biding ...
category Stories

A Bay City Evening – Part II

by V | 0 » | Feb27 10
A Bay City Evening Pt 2 They were sneaking down corridors in the dark, only illuminated by an emergency lighting that made their bodies shimmer, both wearing their bodysuits as almost as open as they had int he office and followed the floor layout of the plan. They descended stairs in the shadows, crawled across balustrades, slid along darkened walls, until ...
category Stories

A Bay City Evening – Part I

by V | 0 » | Feb27 10
A Bay City Evening Pt 1 The streets of Bay City are paved with high rising buildings which were mostly erected during the first half of the previous century. There were only a few skyscrapers in the city, most buildings stopped at a modest height of about 20 or 25 meters. The Firecaster Building was no exception. Though it slumped slightly ...
category Stories

A Bay City Evening – Prologue

by V | 1 » | Feb26 10
A Bay City Evening Prologue Shadows crawled out of the canals as the sun sank wearily beyond the portlands, casting the streets of Bay City in a fiery orange glow. The traffic slowly ceased as the street lamps sprang to light one by one, welcoming the nightfall with flickering beams. They made the onslaught of darkness both more and less harsh ...